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Reconstruction of eastern verandah of the house of the mosaiced atrium in Herculaneum (insula iv, n. 1-2)

This habitation is one of the most important testimonies we possess of the structure of ceilings, roofing and verandas in ancient homes. The reconstruction shows a portion of the eastern ambulatory that looked out onto the house's elegant garden. The surviving beams and carbonized joists are the remains of a glass-enclosed, roofed veranda. The veranda is characterised by the presence of a peculiar wooden frame with rectangles sealed by glass panes. It is a unicum that confirms the widespread use of glass even in architecture in the Vesuvian area during the I century A.D.



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